A NEW CAB-FARE METER.
A fare-meter that olaims to possess I several improvements upon -the taxameter, has been repently introduced". The apparatu*B has two dials which are inside the vehicle, one of which shows the distance run in milo3 and yards, and the other the time which has elapsed since the hiring of the cab, both starting from zero when the hirer enters the vehicle. In addition, there are secret registers by which the proprietor can tell the exact distance run by the cab during the day, so as to check the driver's aocounts. The conneotion between tho wheel and the meobahibra is by a steel wire which receives a •to andfro ' motion from a cam on the hub, and works a ratchet-wheel in the fare-meter.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 27, 7 April 1905, Page 7
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126A NEW CAB-FARE METER. Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 27, 7 April 1905, Page 7
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